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<h1>License Agreement</h1>
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	<li>Introduction<br />
	<br />
	The OPC Foundation is an international organization in which users, 
	 vendors and consortia cooperate to develop standards for multivendor, 
	 multiplatform, secure and reliable interoperability in industrial 
	 automation.<br />
	<br />
	As such, the OPC Foundation provides the OPC Foundation members with 
	 unique opportunities to use the Specifications, Technology and Certification 
	 required to develop and apply OPC-based products. This licensing strategy 
	 is in place to protect the OPC Foundation and its members by providing 
	 them the legal infrastructure necessary to build OPC-based products 
	 and bring them to market.<br />
	</li>
	<li>Agreement of Use<br />
	<br />
	The following sections apply to all OPC Specifications: 
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		<li>Copyright Restrictions<br />
		<br />
		Any unauthorized use of OPC Foundation Specifications may violate 
		 copyright laws, trademark laws, and communications regulations 
		 and statutes. All OPC Foundation Specifications contain information 
		 that is protected by copyright, with all rights reserved. No part 
		 of the work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced 
		 or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, 
		 including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage 
		 and retrieval systems—without permission of the copyright owner.<br />
		<br />
		OPC Foundation members and non-members are prohibited from copying 
		 and redistributing any copyrighted OPC Foundation Specifications. 
		 All copies of the Specifications must be obtained on an individual 
		 basis, directly from the OPC Foundation Website.<br />
		</li>
		<li>Patents<br />
		<br />
		Adopters are directed to the possibility that compliance with or 
		 adoption of OPC Specifications may require use of an invention 
		 covered by patent rights. OPC Foundation shall not be responsible 
		 for identifying patents for which a license may be required by 
		 any OPC specification, or for conducting legal inquiries into 
		 the legal validity or scope of those patents that are brought 
		 to its attention. OPC Specifications are prospective and advisory 
		 only. Prospective users are responsible for protecting themselves 
		 against liability for infringement of patents.<br />
		</li>
		<li>Warranty and Liability Disclaimers<br />
		<br />
		While OPC Specifications are believed to be accurate, they are 
		 provided &quot;as is&quot; and may contain errors or misprints. 
		 The OPC Foundation makes no warranty of any kind, expressed or 
		 implied, with regard to their publication, including but not limited 
		 to any warranty of title or ownership, implied warranty of merchantability, 
		 or warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or use. In no 
		 event shall the OPC Foundation be liable for errors contained 
		 therein or for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, 
		 reliance or cover damages, including loss of profits, revenue, 
		 data, or use, incurred by any user or any third party in connection 
		 with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material, even 
		 if advised of the possibility of such damages. The entire risk 
		 as to the quality and performance of software developed using 
		 OPC Specifications is borne by the user.<br />
		<br />
		</li>
		<li>Restricted Rights Legend<br />
		<br />
		All OPC Specifications are provided with Restricted Rights. Use, 
		 duplication or disclosure by the U.S. government is subject to 
		 restrictions as set forth in (a) this Agreement pursuant to DFARs 
		 227.7202-3(a); (b) subparagraph (c)(1)(i) of the Rights in Technical 
		 Data and Computer Software clause at DFARs 252.227-7013; or (c) 
		 the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights clause at FAR 
		 52.227-19 subdivision (c)(1) and (2), as applicable. The Contractor/manufacturer 
		 is the OPC Foundation, 16101 N. 82nd Street, Suite 3B, Scottsdale, 
		 AZ, 85260-1830.<br />
		<br />
		</li>
		<li>Compliance and Certification<br />
		<br />
		The OPC Foundation shall at all times be the sole entity that may 
		 authorize developers, suppliers and sellers of hardware and software 
		 to use Certification marks, trademarks or other special designations 
		 to indicate compliance with these materials. Products developed 
		 using the Specifications may claim compliance or conformance with 
		 the Specifications if and only if the software satisfactorily 
		 meets the Certification requirements set by the OPC Foundation 
		 Certification Program. Products that do not meet these requirements 
		 may claim only that the product was based on the Specifications 
		 and must not claim compliance or conformance with the Specifications. 
		 The OPC Foundation reserves the right to arbitrarily change the 
		 rules for Certification according to market demand. Use of all 
		 Certification marks, trademarks and other special designations 
		 to indicate compliance to be OPC Foundation-certified must have 
		 written approval from the OPC Foundation.<br />
		<br />
		</li>
		<li>Trademarks<br />
		<br />
		Most computer and software brand names have trademarks or registered 
		 trademarks. The individual trademarks have not been listed here. 
		 OPC Foundation has specifically identified and trademarked its 
		 Specification names and logos and has registered the trademarks 
		 accordingly.<br />
		<br />
		</li>
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	<li>General Provisions<br />
	<br />
	Should any provision of this Agreement be held to be void, invalid, 
	 unenforceable or illegal by a court, the validity and enforceability 
	 of the other provisions shall not be affected thereby.<br />
	<br />
	The OPC Foundation is incorporated in the state of Minnesota. This 
	 Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the 
	 State of Minnesota, excluding its choice or law rules. OPC Foundation 
	 is an international organization and may also be governed by rules 
	 subject to the laws of other countries outside of the United States.<br />
	<br />
	This Agreement embodies the entire understanding between the parties 
	 with respect to, and supersedes any prior understanding or agreement 
	 (oral or written) relating to the OPC Specifications.</li>
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